Business Energy Advice Service
Funds West Midlands SMEs implementing energy-efficiency measures after a business energy assessment.
Eligibility · West Midlands, United Kingdom
The Business Energy Advice Service is a West Midlands Combined Authority and Department for Energy Security & Net Zero pilot for SME energy efficiency. WMCA announced an additional GBP 15 million to help another 1,300 businesses cut energy usage, reduce bills, and move toward net zero. The programme combines free energy efficiency audits with a route to match-funded grant support for recommended measures.
The grant range stated by WMCA is GBP 1,000 to GBP 100,000. Eligible measures can include new machinery and equipment, improved manufacturing processes, LED lighting, solar power, heat pumps, and insulation. The Business Growth West Midlands page says the current version of BEAS stopped accepting registrations after 16 March, but it is accepting expressions of interest for future support. This row is therefore recorded as between cycles rather than open.
The applicant path is for SMEs in the West Midlands areas previously supported by BEAS, including Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton. A business should register interest for future support, confirm local-authority availability, and use the assessment recommendations to shape any grant-funded project. The source does not state a fixed future reopening date or match percentage.
Energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects for SMEs, including new machinery and equipment, improved manufacturing processes, LED lighting, solar power, heat pumps, insulation, and other measures recommended by an energy assessment.
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